Factors Predicting Treatment Failure in Patients Treated with Iodine-131 for Graves′ disease

Treatment of Graves′ disease with iodine-131 ( 131 I) is well-known; however, all patients do not respond to a single dose of 131 I and may require higher and repeated doses. This study was carried out to identify the factors, which can predict treatment failure to a single dose of 131 I treatment i...

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Main Authors: Kuruva Manohar, Bhagwant Mittal, Amit Bhoil, Anish Bhattacharya, Pinaki Dutta, Anil Bhansali
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-04-01
Series:World Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Subjects:
graves′ disease
iodine-131 therapy
technetium-99m uptake
treatment failure
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/1450-1147.136693
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